Presented by NDIA, including the Emerging Technologies Institute, and in association with the Hudson Institute's Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, this symposium seeks to delve into new opportunities and technical enablers of Joint Integration. The event aims to shed light on the advanced technical solutions that are redefining how the different services and Department of Defense agencies connect battlefield sensors, shooters, and ne...

The 32nd Annual National Logistics Forum will bring together senior government and industry logistics policy officials and practitioners to address current challenges facing the delivery of logistics capabilities and services in the current and future severely resource constrained environment. NDIA’s National Logistics Forum will highlight the challenges, attempt to identify the opportunities and assess future impacts on logistics suppo...

Join us for the 27th Annual SO/LIC Symposium & Exhibition, "Countering Hybrid Threats in a Complex World"! The speed, lethality, and cost of modern warfare make major state-on-state conflict involving the U.S. or our allies a very dangerous, yet unlikely, possibility. We will most likely encounter adversaries who exploit all instruments of national power short of war to their achieve objectives. Tactics such as subversion, propaganda, empl...

The U.S. and Spain have maintained a very fruitful and positive relationship for decades. The mutual collaboration between the two countries reflects a strong commitment to successfully working together to develop state-of-the-art technologies in the Defense and Security Industry sectors. As part of the commitment to peace and security, Spain and the U.S. have structured bilateral agreements and exchange training programs based upon sound inte...

NDIA's International Division presents a luncheon with Mr. Steve McCarthy, Minister (Defence Materiel) and key defense staff from the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Washington, DC. Each year, the International Division organizes a series of luncheons with the Defense staffs from allied and friendly embassies. The purpose of these luncheons is to provide industry with an opportunity to exchange views with foreign government representatives an...

"Persistent SOF Operations in Support of Global National Objectives" Unique and focused Military, Intelligence and Diplomatic assets will continue to be at the forefront of Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict across the globe. In an era of constrained budgets contrasted with increased uncertainty and violence, these assets will be critical to managing chaos and maintaining order in the global commons. This will require SOF to execute...

The 2014 Warrior-Family Symposium (WFS), co-sponsored by the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), will address the matters and needs that currently serving, veterans, their children, spouses and caregivers face when navigating the transition from the military into a civilian environment while managing challenges of combat/ operational stress, mental health or behavioral health...

AGILE IN GOVERNMENT Sharing Innovative Approaches & Best Practices Scaling, Contracting, Governance, Measurement Another event in the series presented by ADAPT. The purposes of this event are: to foster better understanding of how agile software development methods are providing the basis for incremental and modular acquisition across Government, to discuss the changing technology of modern information-intensive businesses and the implicat...

The 2012 Warrior-Family Symposium (WFS), co-sponsored by the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), will provide a forum for expanding on the collective efforts of government and non-government organizations, over the last decade, to improve the physical, psychological and overall well-being of wounded warriors and their families. This year’s program features incredible sto...

The 23rd Annual NDIA SO/LIC (Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict) Symposium & Exhibition will examine the changing roles of Special Operations Forces (SOF) and General Purpose Forces (GPF) in the new world dynamic. As major combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan diminish, SOF and GPF will face new challenges. A continuing threat from global terrorists, popular uprisings and a rapidly shifting political landscape, the coming need t...